#AA9533#AA9533

#AA9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9533
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -3.37, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 52.41, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0141 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9239, 30.2814, 7.5054)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9533 #3348AA

analogous

#AA5933 #AA9533 #83AA33

triadic

#AA9533 #33AA95 #9533AA

tetradic

#AA9533 #33AA59 #3348AA #AA3383

square

#AA9533 #33AA59 #3348AA #AA3383

split-complementary

#AA9533 #3383AA #5933AA

monochromatic

#4C4217 #7B6C25 #AA9533 #CAB550 #D9C97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AA9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AA9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9533

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9533	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b370',
    500: '#aa9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9533;
$custom-light: #c7b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67041,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9533

secondary

#7784C2

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9533

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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